Rising out of the mists of time

ROCK LAWN is a hidden terrace, the sort of place that time and traffic forget — and time has forgotten a bit more about No 2 than it has its neighbours.

The run of six three-storey terraced and period houses is just off the main Douglas Road in one of Cork’s older suburbs; blink at the traffic lights next to the turn to Rosebank estate (and the pedestrian access to Douglas swimming pool), and you’ll miss the left turn to Rock Lawn.

A marker for the visually aware is the sight of a small limestone lodge set back off the road near Rocklawn Terrace, which has been given an architect’s makeover with the addition of a simple cedar box extension and some funky reworking of window opes and new window slits.